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'Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.' [‎4] (65/360)

The record is made up of 1 volume (270 pages). It was created in 1785. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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upon England or India ; but if you do not
choofe to be without a fufficient fupply of ready
money, you fhould take with you Venetian che-
quins, which are very portable, and at the fame
time current in all countries between India and
England.
I presume you will find no difficulty in get
ting an Interpreter to attend you, who fpeaks
both the Arabic and Turkifh languages: the
former is abfolutely necefTary from the entrance
of the Red Sea to Suez, the latter is moftly ufed
by all men of diftindlion in Egypt.
D uring the month of November, at which
time I fhould propofe you to leave Madras, the
voyage round the ifland of Ceylon is extremely
tedious ;I fhould imagine therefore it would be
more eligible for you to apply to the Govern
ment of Bombay, for one or more of the Com
pany's cruizers, to be fent about the middle of
November to Anjengo, the one for yourfelf,
and another fmall one for a tender or pilot vefTel.
The captain of the fhip on which you embark
will of courfe take care to lay in a fufficient flock
of every kind of provifion for your table, but
above all he fliould be directed to take plenty of
water

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Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates , authored by Colonel James Capper, published in London, and printed for W Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross; J Robson, in the New Bond Street; and R Sewell, in Cornhill.

Edition: The third edition, with alterations and additions

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xxxvi); Octavo.

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1 volume (270 pages)
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There is no contents page or index detailing the arrangement or contents of the volume. A preface precedes the main body of the work.

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Dimensions: 237mm x 157mm.

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